4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[Laura007]

as you may have read, gerty passed away on tuesday, but the vet told me something interesting about her. she had a spur!!!! only on one leg but a spur non the less. the vet said although its not unheard of it is quite rare. all that time we had her and she was a bit of a rarity. good old gerty.

[Egluntyne]

My late lamented Artemis Fowl had a magnificent set of spurs, and my Speckled Sussex girl, Claudia has one on her left leg.

 

I don't think it is that uncommon tbh.

[CluckyBucks]

Cool just one sounds very cute

 

My Rogina has two HUGE ones

 

xx xx

[Laura007]

oh no!!! maybe the vet was trying to make feel better.

[Janty]

He/She, my ex-batt grew a huge set of spurs, wattles and comb and finally she crowed.

 

Before anybody says anything about her being a him, she's an ex-batt who used to lay lovely big white eggs.

 

She now lives at my in-laws (I couldn't have a cockerel despite numerous unintentional tries ) with her own harem of girlies.

 

[Plum]

Well Janty at least yours made up its mind, they others are just sitting on the fence

[Griffin]

My Runty Robin has spurs but she's definitely a girl because she lays blue eggs

[Lydia]

Ex-batt Hatpin also has an impressive set of spurs, wattles and used to have a big comb, but she's nearly 4 now and it's shrunk right back. The spurs and wattles remain though.

 

She's all girly - specialised in softies most of the time but we appreciated the effort.

[Janty]

Well Janty at least yours made up its mind, they others are just sitting on the fence

 

He/She made the decision when my friend brought her girls round for me to hen sit. I heard a cockerel crowing and panicked, saying to my friend that I didn't know she had a cockerel. She said that she didn't and there was He/She crowing away in the middle of what used to be a lawn. She had taken a liking to one of my friend's girls. Mum-in-law offered to take her to live with her girls and now she's happily crowing all the time.

[Plum]

Ahhh bless

[Chicken Shirl]

I have read that if there is no cockerel one of the hens takes on the job and grows spures and wattles and in some cases crows as well.... { you probably no all about that}... don't mean to teach my grandmother to suck eggs and all that. How sad that they have to be sent away, is it purely because of the noise, or do they get aggressive as well?

 

Lovely day here in Tenerife.

[Janty]

I can't have a cockerel due to the noise they make as I have neighbours. My in-laws introduced a cockerel and we thought that he might sort He/She out but it didn't work...she attacked him and had to be separated with her favourite girls.